Improvement in securing iron bands on cotton-bales



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

`C. W. PYLE, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SECURING IRON BANDS 0N COTTON-SALES Sp ecilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 25,584, ld ated September 27, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. W. PYLE, of the city and county of Galveston, and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Bale Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing` the manner of application of my invention, and Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the fastening.

Similar letters of reference in each of the several figures indicate corresponding` parts.

The nature of my invention consists in a plate constructed with a short open slot, a long closed slot, and a turned-down lip or flange, in the manner hereinafter described, whereby the ends of the hoop are securely fastened and prevented from lateral play while on the bale, and at the same time facilities afforded for fastening and unfastening the bale without the necessity of inserting or withdrawing rivets, pins, or any auxiliary devices.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The clasp is made in one piece, as represented, it being formed by taking a rectangular fiat plate and subjecting it to the action of a punching-die or other suitable tool, which will make in said plate along closed slot, d, and a short open slot, e, and leave solid parts a b c, and turn down aange, h, on the end of the outer solid part, c, as represented. The clasp thus formed is applied to the hoop as follows: I first connect the clasp to the end f of the band or hook by bending said end of the band over the solid parta of the clasp, the bent-over portion of the band coming under l the part c of the clasp, so that it shall be conned in a measure by the expansive force of the cotton. I next pass the end g of the band or hoop under the parts b c of the clasp, bend it, and pass it up through the closed slot, then continue to bend the end g until its end extends over to the inner side of the solid part c of the clasp, when I slip it, by means ofthe short open slot e, under the part c, as shown.

or liange h of the part c will prevent lateral shifting of the end g. It will also be seen that as lateral shifting isv prevented at this point there is very little danger of it occurring` at the other end of the hoop, as the expansive pressure of the cotton will prevent the same.

Thus far my cotton-bale fastening may resemble others,so far as locking the ends of the hoop is concerned; but in none of those with which I ain familiar is there this provision made-to wit, the unfastening of the end g of the hoop by simply depressing the end g of the band or hoop till it clears the bottom of the ange'h, and then slipping the endsfg laterally until they are Within the spaces t. By thus shifting the band or hoop it will be seen that the end g can be unbent, there being no obstruction, and the band or hoop speedily removed from the bale.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf A plate constructed with a short open slot, a long closed slot, and a turned-down lip or flange, substantially as' described, and for the purposes set forth.

C. W. PYLE.

"Witnesses:

H. R. PERCY, L. ROGERS.

Now it will be seen that the turned-down end Y 

